[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2005-05-05

[INFO Heritage]

In this issue:
1.  Palmer Award winners announced by OHS
2.  Trust conference committee meets June 9
3.  Pomp to be honored at Danner
4.  Historic locks picked for festival


PALMER AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED BY OHS

Each year, the Oregon Historical Quarterly presents the Joel Palmer Award to
the author of the best article published in the journal during the previous
year. The award was established by Omar C. "Slug" Palmer and William J. Lang
in honor of their ancestor Joel Palmer, an Oregon pioneer. It is voted on by
members of the Quarterly's Editorial Advisory Board and a representative of
the families who established the award. In addition to the first-place prize,
which carries with it $300, two authors are presented honorable mention.

The 2005 Joel Palmer Award winners are Ives Goddard and Thomas Love for
"Oregon, The Beautiful," in which they argue that *the evidence we have
uncovered for the origin of Oregon in the Algonquian languages of New England
supplies the missing link between [Robert] Rogers and a plausible linguistic
source.*   Goddard is senior linguist at the National Museum of Natural
History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Love is professor
of anthropology and chair of environmental studies at Linfield College in
McMinnville, where he has taught since 1983.

Honorable mention awards were given to Thomas Fisher for *Tangled Nets: Treaty
Rights and Tribal Identities at Celilo Falls" and Jim E. O'Connor for *The
Evolving Landscape of the Columbia River Gorge: Lewis and Clark and Cataclysms
on the Columbia.* For more information about the award winners and their
articles, visit www.ohs.org


TRUST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETS JUNE 9

The Local Advisory Committee meeting for Portland's National Preservation
Conference will be held at 4:30 p.m. June 9, at the Hilton Portland, 921 SW
Sixth Ave. The agenda includes conference program highlights, marketing and
volunteer opportunities. If you want to attend, call  (202) 588-6086 or Email
conference at nthp.org


POMP TO BE HONORED AT DANNER

In honor of the 200th birthday of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the youngest
member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a wreath-laying ceremony will be
held at his gravesite on May 16, the date of his death.  Area school students
have been invited to attend and participate in this ceremony at Danner.

The Owyhee Heritage Museum (a.k.a. I.O.N. MUSEUM) has partnered with the Idaho
State Historical Society and the Jordan Valley Area School District to plan
the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.  Anne Schorzman of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation will provide the welcome. Other speakers include Steve Guerber of
the Idaho State Historical Society, local historians Bob Skinner and Mike
Hanley, and others.  For more information, contact:
http://www.cityofjordanvalley.com 


HISTORIC LOCKS PICKED FOR FESTIVAL

On May 14, the Willamette Falls Cultural Heritage Committee is having its
third annual Lockfest at the historic landmark locks of the Willamette Falls,
Oregon City and West Linn.   Smaller river craft, canoes, kayaks, and similar
vessels will be able to go through the locks with less turbulence and
interference from the larger boats.  There will also be food, family fun,
music, demonstrations, tours, papermill and hydroplant history, and river
restoration efforts.  All activities will take place from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the
Corps of Engineers Park near the Willamette Falls off Highway 43 and Mill
Street. For more information, call 503-650-9570.
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